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SR. LOUISE ZDUNICH, NDC

I've noticed that when the collection plate is brought up to the altar with the bread and wine, the money is put aside or moved away from the altar. Does not that make the money offering unworthy of the altar and of blessing?

SR. LOUISE ZDUNICH, NDC

SR. LOUISE ZDUNICH, NDC

In your previous column on Our Lady of Good Counsel, you mention that a pope "granted an office" or "approved a new Mass" for Our Lady. Can you tell me what the significance of "an office" is in this context.